Conduit for electric conductors.



N0. 896,878. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908. A. E. WOODHOUSE.

CONDUIT FORELECTRIG GONDUGTORS. APPLICATION FILED mg. 10, 1906.

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CONDUIT FOE ELECTRIC CONDUOTORB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 2a, 1908.

Application filed. March 10, 1906. Serial No. $05,280.

To all-whom it may-concern:

Be it knownv that I ALBERT ERNEST Woou- "HOUSE, a subject of the Kin of Great Britain and Ireland, residin at muri, Wellingy-tion.

Tlns Invention of an unproved conduit for; vElflUbIlG conductors has been designed mainly I rlal A suitable for beni shaped to form one ton street, Kew, in t is British State of Vic- 'toria', (/ommonwealth of Australia, electrical aengineer, have invented a certain new and .E1iseful..-Inuroved Conduit for Electric (Jon- ',du'ctors, of which the following is a specifica l for wiring houses,-.an'd buidings. It'i's pre erablylmade of thin metal in suitable lengths} "and composed of a troughing of tap'eringf' channel section, clip pieces for securing the tnou hing. in. position, removable covers; whic 1 are held in position bylbeing sprung over the upper marginal edges. of the trough-Q: ing, and joint caps. for :closing-thejoint etween covers. Said form of cover allows of the wires being readily laid and inspected, also the end parts of the troughing'arese cured to ether and held in position by said close fittlng joint clips and further each joint cap, over the cover joint like the cover. proper, is sprung into position and the whole of the parts being close'fitting a thorough electric'bond is secured. Further by insulating the internal walls and providing an insulating partition in the conduit,. bare conductors may be laid therein. I

The invention will now be described aided by a reference to the accompanying sheet of drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a comf plete conduit, Fig. 2 1s a erspective view of the conduit oint clip, an Fig. 3 an end view of same. Fig. 4 a perspective view of the cap piece. Fig. 5 a section on lme a aF1g. l,

and Fig. 6 a section of the conduit as fitted with insulating material to receive two conductors.

, 'lhe troughing A which is of a tapering. channel section is constructed of metal, preferably sheet metal, although other suitable material may be used in place of the metal, and is made in convenient lengths and ro-. vidcd with a removable cover B WlllCl is made to fit closely over theupper marginal edges of the sides of the troughlng, and has to be sprung into )osition, so that when the conductors' are lai and secured in the troughing its cover can be sprung on or be taken off for inspection. .urposes. The lengths of troughing are he (1 together by means of clips 0,

1 into which they fit neatl andwhich clips are usually secured to the wall by screws or nailsv C, as shown in Fi 3, and saidclips grip the end parts of the a 'oining lengths and act as electric bonds, whife the covers serve a similar. )urpose.

1% are the joint on. s for bridging or covering the meeting en s of thecover sections, and these caps are sp rung over the edges of 1 the cover proper and hence fit closely thereon and assist to am the electric bond.

If .the. troughing is insulated with mateor more, rooves E, as s own in Fig. 6, bare wires or ightly insulated wires may be laid in the grooves and a cover of insulating duit cover willwbe secured in the manner before described.

. If so desired after the troughing is completed, its cover may be further secured by the metal being sweated. together.

If the conduits are constructed of material other than metal they should only be employed when the conductors are to be Worked up to a pressure not exceeding say two hundred and fifty volts. 'poses the cap piece D may be dispensed with, as the adjacent ends of the cover section B, can" be otherwise joined. In all 'cases the metal surfaces in contact are left clean, or they are tinned to aid in the bondside walls, and a trough-like clip adapted to be secured to the wall and receive said trough fitting the side walls thereof, substantially as described. 7

2. An electric conductor conduit comprising a sheet metal trough having a bottom and sidewalls diverging upwardly from said bottom, a sheet metal cover having depending converging side flanges adapted to enga e the inclined outeriaccs of said side wal s,

and a sheet metal clip adapted to be secured to the wall and formed with a floor and divergingside flan es adapted to engage the outer faces of .saii side walls, substantially as described. a

3. An electric conductor conduit comprising, a trough having upwardly diverging spring flat side walls, a cover therefor having longitudinal depending flat converging side flanges, said cover being adapted to spring onto said trough with said converging flanges fitting over the outer diverging faces of said flat side walls, and a clip adapted to be secured to the wall and having spring side walls to receive and hold said trough, substantially as described.

4. An electric conductor conduit compris' ing a sheet metal trough havin upwardly (liverging spring side walls, a s eet metal clip adapted to be secured to the wall and having upwardly diverging side walls adapted to en age the side walls of the trou h, and a s eet metal cover having,de-' pending converging edge flanges fittin over the outer inclined faces of said troug and clip walls, substantially as described.

secure said troug Sulin electric conductor conduit comprising a sheet metal trough havingside walls, a sheet metal cli) ada ted to receive and 1' an having side walls with longitudina inturnecl flanges adapted to lap inwardly over the outer edges of said trough walls, means for securing said, clip to the wall, and a sheet metal cover for said trough having depending side flanges to fit down at the exterior of said trough and clip Walls, substantially as described. E

6. An electric conductor conduit comprising a sheet metal trough having diverging flat side walls, a sheet metal clip adapted'to be secured to a wall and having flat diverg- 'ing side walls adapted to receive and secure said trough, a sheet metal cover for said trough having flat converging depending side flanges, and a sheet metal cap jolnt having flat converging side flan es adapted to fit over said cover and the anges thereof, combined substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. in presence of two A subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT ERNEST, WOODHUUSE.

I Witnesses:

BEDLINGTON HoDeooMB, W. J. S. THOMPSON. 

